Tonita Castro, a veteran actress best known of late for her role in a number of network sitcoms, lost her battle with stomach cancer on Sunday and passed away.
She was 63 years old.
“She was a self-made woman in the industry,” Nikkolas Rey, her agent of over a decade, told The Hollywood Reporter.
“She had a gift of comedy. She would make a joke about anything.”
Castro most recently appeared in an episode of Life in Pieces on CBS.
She’s pictured above alongside Matthew Perry in Go On and also had roles on Dads and The Grinder.
The actress moved to the United States from Mexico in the late 1970s and started her career in radio.
She remained there all the way until 2005 when she made the transition to acting.
Prior to her recurring gig on Go On, Castro appeared on such series as Dexter, Southland, Glee, Two and a Half Men, The Sarah Silverman Program, Raising Hope, Awkward and The League.
She had a very impressive resume overall, having also appeared in the movies Funny People and Imagine That in 2009.
“She was doing the best stuff of her career – she was getting offers. It was a big loss for me and so many people who loved her,” Rey says.
“The most important thing about her was she was so wonderful and authentic and energetic. She was always positive.”
Castro is survived by her husband.
We send her friends and loved ones our condolences.
